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The federal government must maintain its historic role in helping fund services delivered by provinces and territories like health care, education, social assistance and social services. It must also ensure national standards are met. That includes upholding the Canada Health Act requirements that no federal money goes to for-profit health of any kind.
Ottawa (17 Sept. 2021) — The federal election has been called and voter's will be going to the polls on Sept. 20.
"While we may not have wanted this election now, we are here. And we need to take it seriously. There are huge stakes in electing a new government," said Larry Brown, President of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE).
To help guide people through the many issues being discussed, NUPGE has examined the top 4 parties' platforms and are providing summaries in the form of election guides. We will be launching them every day until election day.
The thirteenth in our series is Federal Transfer to provinces and territories.